Obamacare vs. Insurance for Everyone! ( Archived) (13)

Trump Hints At Obamacare Replacement That Would Look Nothing Like What Republicans Have In Mind... Maybe he’s channeling Bernie Sanders. Or maybe he has no idea what he’s saying.
01/16/2017 09:57 am ET | Updated 11 hours ago
Jonathan Cohn

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s putting the finishing touches on his plan to replace Obamacare.

It sounds absolutely terrific, like the best health plan ever!

It also sounds wildly out of step with what Republicans in Congress, or even some of Trump’s own advisers, have said they would like to do.

Trump’s comments, which he made in an interview with The Washington Post that appeared Sunday, could mean he’s gone rogue and decided that, at least on health care policy, he has more in common with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) than House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

Or they could mean that, in reaction to public anxiety and recent protests over the possibility of more than 20 million people losing insurance, Trump is already misleading people about what he and his Republicans are planning to do.

Or Trump’s statements could mean that he has no idea what he’s talking about.

Speaking to the Post’s Robert Costa, Trump said his new health care plan would mean “insurance for everybody” with “much lower deductibles.”

Also, Trump said, he will call for the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies directly, forcing them to lower their prices.

“They’re politically protected but not anymore,” Trump said of the drug industry.

Trump didn’t offer more details about what he has in mind, or give a precise date for when his plan would be ready for the public to see. But, he said, “It’s very much formulated down to the final strokes. We haven’t put it in quite yet but we’re going to be doing it soon.”

Trump added that he would probably wait until his nominee for secretary of health and human services, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), has gone through the confirmation process and taken office. The Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Price’s appointment, has not yet scheduled a hearing.

Making sense of Trump’s comments on policy is never easy, and in this case the comments are more confusing than usual.

Providing everybody with health insurance and protecting them from excessive medical costs has been a longtime goal of the Democratic Party, going back to the 1940s. Those efforts eventually led to the Affordable Care Act, which has brought the number of Americans without coverage to a record low, improving access to health care and reducing financial insecurity.

Obamacare has its trade-offs. The coverage that many consumers have obtained through the program includes high deductibles or other forms of out-of-pocket spending, fueling the political backlash against it. Primarily that’s because the law’s new requirements on insurance, such as guaranteeing coverage of pre-existing conditions, made insurance more expensive ? and the law’s financial assistance phases out with higher incomes.

It’s a problem that even many of the law’s supporters have said they want to fix. Both Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton proposed offering consumers more assistance with out-of-pocket costs and using government leverage to bring down drug prices.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-obamacare-replacement_us_587cc478e4b0b3c7a7b205de

The entire continent of Europe marvels at how you pay what you do for such rubbish service.
If Americans could get over themselves they would be able to extend healthcare coverage all the way to Peru - not suggesting Trump would ever do that - for that money and perhaps the good works of the autocrat is that he will steamroll over you.

The entire continent of Europe? Does that include eastern, central and Western Europe?

If Congress repeals Obama Care they should also repeal their own health plans.

A question I have is: Will the poor, and the working poor have access to healthcare under the new administration?

I doubt no matter what that the poor and working poor will see no difference.

There will be some who will fall through the cracks.

Good question Pedals, maybe one of Trump's supporters can explain how all this works especially I know Crayon can explain.
How the repeal of Obamacare will work in regards to which parts were signed in by Trump executive order on the day of his inauguration for the repeal to get started.. so how will this all fits in with new healthcare insurance on the job since Crayon owns his own business he should be able to explain this real plan if he has employees since he's for Trump getting rid of all of it.... plus, social security and medicare is taken out of employees' pay checks.

What about social security, medicare taken out of employee's pay, and for insurance, Also, if Obamacare is completely repealed, and social security and medicare and medicaid are cut back, changed, and/or done away with completely or to any certain degrees... what happens to those who will soon retire or should get ill before age 65, and have no income to pay for the healthcare benefits...insurance premiums will be too high for most, so how will they get healthcare paid for if there are no government healthcare benefits that have been paid into?

Sorry, Pedals, I forgot Trump said his new plan will provide healthcare plan everybody will have good healthcare! But he never said who will pay for it or how it will be paid for...

I do know that Trump did sign something in regards to Obamacare and housing.